Talk on medicine a big hit

Star: KUALA LUMPUR: The number of doctor wannabes who came for the career talk on medicine at the Star Education Fair increased four-fold, almost causing a pandemonium at the venue.
More than 2,000 students and their parents turned up for the session, with hundreds queuing outside the conference hall an hour before the 4.30pm talk.
Because of the overwhelming response, an adjoining room had to be opened.
“This is my third time speaking at the Star Education Fair and the crowd keeps increasing year by year,” said panel speaker Dr Kuljit Singh, chairman of the Malaysian Medical Council Wilayah branch.
First-time speaker Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Faculty dean Prof Dr Lokman Saim commended The Star for organising the talk.
“It is a very good effort to expose students to what the profession is all about.”
The other speakers were Dr Ong Hean Teik from the Penang Medical Practitioners' Society, the Russian Federation's honorary consul Teoh Seng Lee and Melaka-Manipal Medical College's Assoc Prof Dr Satisha Nayak.
T. Kuhanesapathy, who recently completed her SPM, said the talk was beneficial for students who wanted to pursue a medical course.
Every career talk at the fair was a crowd puller. The first talk of the day, Options after SPM, attracted over 1,300 participants.
Institutions that offered medical courses were inundated with queries from students, some of whom were accompanied by their parents.
Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology student recruitment division officer Jay Ganesh said enquiries on medical courses this year had increased tremendously.
“While there is more interest in biotechnology, pharmacy and dentistry, medicine is definitely still the most in demand,” he noted.
An official at the Medic Ed Consultant Sdn Bhd's booth, which offers medical courses in Indonesia, Russia and Egypt, said it has already received over 200 applications.